Please introduce yourself to our readers: Where are you from?
Together with my wife I live in a small village called Gasselternijveen, in the North of the Netherlands, near Groningen. We moved to this place 12 years ago and enjoy it very much.

What do you do when you’re not in the workshop,
When I’m not in my workshop or working in our (vegetable) garden, I work for the Dutch Government as a Customs Specialist.

How old are you and for how long have you been practicing woodworking as a hobby?
I’m born on November 22 in 1966, so that makes me technically 50 years old, and although my mind doesn’t agree with that age, my body reminds me of it all to often.

My father was a carpenter and as soon as I could walk I was in his workshop looking what he made and hammering nails in some leftover pieces of wood. Unfortunately my father died when I was 18 , would have been very nice to make furniture and other things with him.

The first major project I made by myself was a extra high bed for me and my wife, when she was expecting our first son.

How did you come to do woodworking and what’s your motivation to practice this hobby?
Good question, why woodworking? As a trained electrician with some experience in welding, I prefer wood. From the nearly 18 years a training in woodworking by my father, I know a thing or two about wood. I love the way a project grows in your hands and the freedom of using all the different ways to make things.

I am very fortunate to have my workshop in my garage, attached to my house, so I can go there, enjoy my workshop, and leave everything as it is, close the door and come back later. I like to be alone in my workshop to “reload” for the next day at work.

Why do you share your projects on the web?
With the videos I make I hope to inspire people to make things and share my knowledge and the things I learn while doing the projects.

What photo/video equipment do you use and why? If you make videos, what’s your typical workflow for a video?

To make my videos I’m using my mobile phone. I have some action cameras, but the video quality is not so good.

My video workflow starts with coming up with a project subject, mostly something I need or my wife needs, something for my workshop or one of the nice challenges on YouTube. Sometimes I make a sketch in a notebook, most of the time it’s a drawing on my whiteboard. Making the project mostly happens on Saturday, with the editing of the video on Saturday evening or Sunday morning.

Do you have a favorite tool? If so, what do you like about it?
As a workbench can be considered a tool, than that would be my first choice. Next would be my bench chisels and my Veritas Dovetail saw. I also love my planes, the regular No 4, 5 or 6, but also my special planes for rabbets and dados. This week I bought a new Brass back tenon saw, can’t wait to put that thing to work.